1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Inniskeen

School: Inniskeen (roll number 13396)

Location:
Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Louis A. Duffy
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 154

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 154

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Inniskeen
  2. XML Page 154
  3. XML “Old Irish Customs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Old Irish Customs

    Share Share Post
    St Patrick's and St Brigid's crosses are made from rushes.
    They are about a foot and a half each way.
    These crosses are made for the feasts of St Patrick and St Brigid.
    The people long ago used to hang the cross on the ceiling. The people decorate their houses with Holly at Christmas.
    On May-Day the people have a May bush and decorate it with May flowers, and some times throw some of them on the house. The people long ago used to hang a branch of Palm on the door of each outhouse. The people long ago used make mattresses by plaiting straw.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina O' Toole
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lannat, Co. Monaghan